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January 9, 2024

Blocking Traffic Won’t Free Palestine, but It Will Bolster Protesters’ Self-Righteousness

Making friends isn’t the point.

Schraub’s observation about the power of anti-Semitism is a crucial one, and a reminder that the anti-Israel movement in the West is much more about the channeling of hatred than humanitarian sympathy for the suffering of Palestinians—regardless of what individual members think about Jews in general. Hatred, rather than a desire for results, explains the actions of the anti-Israel protesters who yesterday blocked the Holland Tunnel and three New York City bridges during rush hour.

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January 9, 2024

  1. Zionism Will Triumph, but Only if Israel Remembers What It’s Fighting For

    “There is no deep silence without a weapon.”

  2. Anti-Semitism Doesn’t Hinder the Anti-Israel Movement—It Helps It

    The joys of blaming Zionist doctors.

  3. Blocking Traffic Won’t Free Palestine, but It Will Bolster Protesters’ Self-Righteousness

    Making friends isn’t the point.

  4. A Taste of Jewish Literature, in Some of Its Many Tongues

    Eighteen short stories, rendered from so many languages.

  5. The Oldest Jewish Library Still in Use

    And the Dutch-Portuguese ex-converts who founded it.